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Taft's Grand Travel Tour Sets Humble Cost and Pace
President Taft plans a continental voyage about 13,900 miles to the Pacific and back, avoiding extravagance with a $15,000 travel allowance. He travels in a regular train with a small staff, unlike Roosevelt’s costly two-car entourage. Delays loom in the south and west, as crowds press his car and guards shield him, with dozens of banquets and speeches planned. He will meet Diaz at El Paso and cross into Mexico, a first for a U.S. president and Mexican president interaction.
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Taft
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Hampton Roads
Strait of Magellan
San Francisco Bay
All America
Pacific Coast
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Great Divide
Mr. Taft
Miles
White House
Uncle Sam
Tait
Sam
Beverly
Norwich
Lake Champlain
Congress
New England
West
Connecticut
Cincinnati
Minschi
Spe
Cial
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el Paso
Diaz
Mexico
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Ciudad Juarez
James L. Case